The following list provides an overview on suggestions of microorganisms suitable for teaching purposes in higher educational institutions (polytechnics, universities, and similar institutions). The bacteria are listed according to their specific properties. Please download our price list for prices.
The fungi (following the bacteria section) are listed systematically with reference to K. Esser, Kryptogamen, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1976 and according to physiological groups.
BACTERIA
| MORPHOLOGY | DETAILS | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| Cocci | | Micrococcus luteus | 20030 |
| regular chains | Streptococcus vestibularis | 5636 |
| Sarcinae | | Sporosarcina ureae | 317 |
| Spirals | | Aquaspirillum peregrinum | 1839 |
| Spirochaetes | | Spirochaeta aurantia | 1902 |
| Rods | small | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| large | Priestia megaterium | 90 |
| chains | Bacillus mycoides | 299 |
| curved | Ancylobacter aquaticus | 334 |
| Budding, prosthecate cells | | Hyphomicrobium facile | 1565 |
| Coryneform bacteria | morphological changes | Arthrobacter crystallopoietes | 20117 |
| Flexible cells | | Chitinophaga filiformis | 527 |
| Trichomes | | Caryophanon latum | 484 |
| Rosettes | | Leucothrix mucor | 621 |
| Fruiting bodies | | Stigmatella hybrida | 53755 |
| | Myxococcus xanthus | 52389 |
| Branching filaments (aerial mycelium) | | Streptomyces albidoflavus | 40233 |
| Multicellular filaments, gliding | | Alysiella crassa | 2578 |
| Endospores | ellipsoidal | Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis | 10 |
| spherical | Lysinibacillus sphaericus | 396 |
| cells swollen | Lysinibacillus sphaericus | 396 |
| cells not swollen | Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis | 10 |
| Spores of Actinomycetales | structure of the spore chains: | | |
| rectus flexibilis | Lysinibacillus sphaericus | 40233 |
| retinaculum apertum | Streptomyces prasinopilosus | 40098 |
| spira | Streptomyces viridochromogenes | 40110 |
| verticillate | Streptomyces netropsis | 40093 |
| zoospores | Planobispora rosea | 43051 |
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| aplanospores | Streptosporangium roseum | 43021 |
| lateral spores, single | Saccharomonospora caesia | 43068 |
| Myxospores | | Myxococcus xanthus | 52389 |
| Cysts | | Azotobacter vinelandii | 85 |
| Flagellation | lateral tufted | Selenomonas ruminantium subsp. ruminantium | 2150 |
| polar | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| peritrichous | Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis | 10 |
| Motility by | flagella | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| gliding | Myxococcus xanthus | 52389 |
| Sheaths, capsules, slime | sheaths | Sphaerotilus montanus | 565 |
| capsules | Azotobacter vinelandii | 85 |
| dextran | Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum | 20484 |
| cellulose | Sarcina ventriculi | 300 |
| | Komagataeibacter xylinus | 2004 |
| Cell inclusions | iogen (granulose) | Clostridium pasteurianum | 525 |
| poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid | Bacillus megaterium | 90 |
| parasporal bodies | Bacillus thuringiensis | 350 |
| sulfur | Allochromatium vinosum | 180 |
| gas vacuoles | Ancylobacter aquaticus | 334 |
| volutin granules | Shinella zoogloeoides | 287 |
| Staining reactions | Gram positive | Lactiplantibacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum | 20174 |
| Gram negative | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| acid fast | Mycobacterium phlei | 43214 |
| spore staining | Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis | 10 |
| PIGMENTS |
BACTERIUM | DSM No. |
| diffusible | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| non-diffusible | Micrococcus luteus | 20030 |
| fluorescent | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| bacteriochlorophyll a | Rhodospirillum rubrum | 107 |
| bacteriochlorophyll b | Blastochloris viridis | 134 |
| bacteriochlorophyll c | Chlorobaculum thiosulfatiphilum | 249 |
| bacteriochlorophyll g | Heliobacterium chlorum | 3682 |
| carotenoids | Flavobacterium aquatile | 1132 |
| indigoidine | Pseudarthrobacter polychromogenes | 342 |
| melanin | Streptomyces purpurascens | 40310 |
| nicotine blue (from nicotine) | Arthrobacter nicotinovorans | 420 |
| violacein | Janthinobacterium lividum | 1522 |
| REACTION TO OXYGEN | BACTERIUM | DSM No. |
| strictly aerobic | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| facultatively anaerobic | Heyndrickxia coagulans | 1 |
| strictly anaerobic | Clostridium pasteurianum | 525 |
| microaerophilic | Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus | 20081 |
| SALT REQUIREMENTS | BACTERIUM | DSM No. |
| halophilic, moderate | Vibrio natriegens | 759 |
| halophilic, extreme | Halobacterium salinarum | 670 |
| TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS | BACTERIUM | DSM No. |
| psychrophilic | Paenibacillus macquariensis subsp. macquariensis | 2 |
| mesophilic | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| thermophilic | Geobacillus stearothermophilus | 456 |
| extremely thermophilic | Thermus thermophilus | 579 |
| PH REQUIREMENTS | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| acidophilic | Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius subsp. acidocaldarius | 446 |
| alkaliphilic | Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus | 485 |
| NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| growth factor independent | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| vitamin dependent | Lactobacillus pentosus | 20314 |
| amino acid dependent | Bacillus subtilis | 402 |
| extreme substrate specialization (uric acid) | Metabacillus fastidiosus | 83 |
| NUTRITIONAL TYPES | DETAILS | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| Chemolithotrophic | oxidation of sulfur compounds: sulfur | Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans | 504 |
| oxidation of sulfur compounds: thiosulfate | Thiobacillus thioparus | 505 |
| oxidation of ferrous compounds | Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans | 583 |
| oxidation of hydrogen | Cupriavidus necator | 428 |
| Chemoheterotrophic | | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| Photoautotrophic | | Allochromatium vinosum | 180 |
| Photoheterotrophic | | Rhodospirillum rubrum | 107 |
| Nitrogen fixation | free-living bacteria, aerobic | Azotobacter vinelandii | 85 |
| free-living bacteria, anaerobic | Clostridium pasteurianum | 525 |
| symbiotic (Pisum sativum) | Rhizobium pisi | 30132 |
| Parasitic | | Bacteriovorax stolpii | 12778 |
| | Escherichia coli (host) | 613 |
DEGRADATION/UTILIZATION OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS
| SUBSTRATE | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| Casein | Bacillus subtilis | 10 |
| Cellulose | Cellulomonas uda | 20108 |
| Chitin | Streptomyces albidoflavus | 40233 |
| Deoxyribonucleic acid | Bacillus subtilis | 402 |
| Esculin | Paenibacillus polymyxa | 36 |
| Gelatin | Bacillus subtilis | 10 |
| Pectin | Paenibacillus polymyxa | 36 |
| Poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid | Variovorax paradoxus | 645 |
| Starch | Bacillus subtilis | 10 |
| Sulfur | Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans | 504 |
| Uric acid | Metabacillus fastidiosus | 83 |
| Urea | Sporosarcina pasteurii | 33 |
FERMENTATIONS
| PRODUCT | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| Ethanol | Zymomonas mobilis | 424 |
| Lactic acid, homofermentative | Lactobacillus pentosus | 20314 |
| Lactic acid, heterofermentative | Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides | 20193 |
| Propionic acid | Propionibacterium thoenii | 20276 |
| Butyric acid | Clostridium pasteurianum | 525 |
| Acetic acid | Gluconobacter oxydans | 50049 |
OTHER PROPERTIES
| PROPERTY | DETAILS | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| Amino acids, quantitative determination of | | Pediococcus acidilactici | 20238 |
| Antibiotics, formation of | | Streptomyces griseus subsp. griseus | 40236 |
| Antibiotics, assays of | | Bacillus spizizenii | 347 |
| | Kocuria rhizophila | 348 |
| Bacteriolytic activity | | Myxococcus xanthus | 52389 |
| Catalase positive | | Bacillus subtilis | 10 |
| Catalase negative | | Lactobacillus pentosus | 20314 |
| Desulfurication | | Desulfovibrio desulfuricans | 642 |
| Experiments in genetics | general | Escherichia coli | 498 |
| chromosomal streptomycin resistance | Escherichia coli | 498 |
| phage sensitivity | Escherichia coli | 613 |
| | Escherichia phage T4 (Tequatrovirus T4) | 4505 |
| spontaneous reversion of lac- mutants | Escherichia coli | 1058 |
| induction, repression | Escherichia coli | 1329, 10198, 10199, 10200 |
| conjugation | Escherichia coli | 423, 429, 1562, 1563 |
| transformation | Acinetobacter sp. | 586, 587, 588 |
| Growth, rapid | | Vibrio natriegens | 759 |
| Isotopic pattern in labelled glucose, | determination of | Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides | 20193 |
| Nitrate reduction | nitrate to nitrite | Bacillus subtilis | 10 |
| nitrate to N2 | Bacillus licheniformis | 13 |
| Oxidase positive | | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| Oxidase negative | | Escherichia coli | 498 |
OF test (Hugh-Leifson) | | | |
| acid formation from glucose | | | |
| oxidative | | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 50090 |
| fermentative | | Escherichia coli | 498 |
| gas formation from glucose | | Escherichia coli | 498 |
| Spores | heat resistance | Bacillus subtilis | 10 |
| germination | Metabacillus fastidiosus | 83 |
| Sulfur precipitation, extracellular | | Thiobacillus thioparus | 505 |
| Vitamins, assay of | | Lactiplantibacillus pentosus | 20314 |
| Voges-Proskauer reaction | positive | Raoultella planticola | 3069 |
| negative | Escherichia coli | 498 |
FUNGI
| MYXOMYCETES | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| Sorocarp | Dictyostelium discoideum | 947 |
| OOMYCETES | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| Gametophyte, sporophyte, resting sporangium | Allomyces arbuscula | 954, 955 |
| Dioecism, oogonia, sporangia, antherida, sporangia | Phytophthora nicotianae | 1828, 1829 |
| ZYGOMYCETES | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| Plus and minus strain, zygospores, phototropic sporangia | Phycomyces blakesleeanus | 1359, 1360 |
| Septate mycelium, oogametangiogamy, conidia ejection | Basidiobolus ranarum | 1461 |
| Multispore sporangia, Zygospores | Mucor mucedo | 809, 810 |
| Rhizopus stolonifer | 63011 |
| Thamnidium elegans | 912 |
| Sporangia and sporangiola | Thamnostylum piriforme | 2037 |
| Mating types, carotin production | Blakeslea trispora | 1254, 1255 |
| Sporangia and conidiospores, conidia | Choanephora infundibulifera var. cucurbitarum | 960 |
| Cunninghamella elegans | 1908 |
| Phototropic sporangia, ejection apparatus | Pilobolus sphaerosporus | 1343 |
| Mycelium / yeast dimorphism | Mucor circinelloides | 1191 |
| ASCOMYCETES | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| Endomycetales | | |
| Multinucleate septa, naked asci | Dipodascus aggregatus | 974 |
| Uninucleate septa | Eremascus fertilis | 1270 |
| Haplont, somatogamy, fission | Schizosaccharomyces pombe var. pombe | 70576, 70577 |
| Diplont, ascospore formation, fermentation | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 1334 |
| Pellicula, hat-shaped ascospores | Wickerhamomyces anomalus | 70255 |
| Mycelium, blastoconidia | Endomyces fibuliger | 70554 |
| Eurotiales | | |
| Conidia, asci without peridium | Byssochlamys nivea | 1824 |
| Conidiophores, cleistothecia | Eupenicillium terrenum | 2418 |
| Gymnoascales | | |
| Loose peridium | Gymnoascus reessii | 975 |
| Sordariales | | |
| Plus and minus strains, perithecia, micro- and macroconidia | Neurospora crassa | 1257, 1258 |
| No conidia, ascus formation, perithecia | Sordaria macrospora | 997, 999, 1000, 5617 |
| Sordaria fimicola | 995, 996 |
| Self-fertilization, perithecia | Chaetomium globosum | 1962 |
| HOLOBASIDIOMYCETES | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| Mono- and dicarya, clamp connections, fruting bodies, tetrapolar mating system | Polyporus ciliatus | 1023 |
| Multiple clamps | Coprinopsis verticillata | 3397 |
| Morphology of fruiting bodies and hyphal system | Schizophyllum commune | 1025 |
| Agaricus bisporus | 3054 |
| Pleurotus ostreatus | 1020 |
| Rhizomorphs | Armillaria mellea | 1654 |
| Fruiting bodies with peridioles, ejection apparatus | Cyathus stercoreus | 1674 |
| Sphaerobolus stellatus | 1028 |
| HYPHOMYCETES | SPECIES | DSM No. |
| conidiogenesis | Alternaria alternata | 62006 |
| Penicillium camemberti | 1233 |
| Sarocladium strictum | 3567 |
| Geotrichum candidum | 1240 |
| Botrytis cinerea | 877 |
| Rhizosphaera sp. | 62074 |
| Humicola brunnea var. brunnea | 63302 |
| Physiological characteristics | | |
| thermophilic | Acremonium zonatum | 1553 |
| psychrophilic | Mrakia frigida | 4634 |
| unclassified fungus | 1847 |
| halophilic | Eurotium halophilicum | 1624 |
| osmophilic | Chrysosporium xerophilum | 4378 |
| mycoparasitic | Dispira cornuta | 3305 |
| nematode trapping | Arthrobotrys oligospora | 1491 |
| Arthrobotrys brochopaga | 3287 |
| Monacrosporium eudermatum | 2024 |
| Hohenbuehelia sp. | 2815 |
| wood degradation (brown rot) | Gloeophyllum sepiarium | 6420 |
| wood degradation (white rot) | Phanerochaete chrysosporium | 1556 |
